On Mar 20, 2012, at 7:58 PM, Simo Sorce wrote: > > In the US instead patents have their root in a specific constitutional > provision that says that this kind of monopoly can only be granted if it > promotes innovation, this means there is no specific ban on software > patents but given they arguably do not promote innovation they should > naturally not be allowed, now you just need to wait for the US Congress > to realize the Constitution tells them they cannot allow patents that do > not promote innovation, good luck with that :)
Nor the court, it seems, as they persist with narrow rulings in this area. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/supreme-court-saves-medical-profession-from-diagnostic-patents.ars -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
